Wednesday, February 28, 2007
A cloudburst of troubles for Badal?
RAINING TROUBLES: As Badal takes over the reigns in Punjab, he'll have to deal with the corruption charges against him.
Chandigarh: With the victory of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) in Punjab, the Congress are gearing up to play the disgruntled Opposition. But the winning Akalis say they won't chase the Congress and play a politics of vendetta. "Amrinder favoured reliance, he took bribes from the companies to let them invest in the state," says President, Shiromani Akali Dal, Parkash Singh Badal.
The Vigilance Bureau filed a corruption case against Parkash Singh Badal soon after the Congress government came to power in 2002. A fast track court is hearing the case in Ropar near Chandigarh. The outgoing Chief Minister in his turn says he is not afraid of the possibility of a political vendetta. He's also denied rumours of him fleeing the country fearing an Akali backlash.
"I have never taken a decision based on fears, it is not in my nature. I have not at all worried about these things," says Amrinder. The Akalis are back in power, but if Badal's statement was anything to go by, Punjab will not see politics of vendetta. But then, Amrinder says he has nothing to fear and will stay right here.
The SAD-BJP alliance stormed back to power winning 67 seats routing the Congress, which bagged 44 seats in the 117-member State Assembly. While SAD has won 48 seats, BJP has got 19 seats. The remaining five seats went to the Independents. Polling for the Beas assembly constituency has been deferred to March 11 following poll-related violence.
In a day of hectic parleys between the two alliance partners, the BJP is said to have staked claimed for the post of deputy chief minister in the new government.
BJP leadership sources said that the claim to this post and other ministerial berth had been made to the Akali leadership in view of the BJP's good showing in the assembly elections.
Chandigarh: With the victory of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) in Punjab, the Congress are gearing up to play the disgruntled Opposition. But the winning Akalis say they won't chase the Congress and play a politics of vendetta. "Amrinder favoured reliance, he took bribes from the companies to let them invest in the state," says President, Shiromani Akali Dal, Parkash Singh Badal.
The Vigilance Bureau filed a corruption case against Parkash Singh Badal soon after the Congress government came to power in 2002. A fast track court is hearing the case in Ropar near Chandigarh. The outgoing Chief Minister in his turn says he is not afraid of the possibility of a political vendetta. He's also denied rumours of him fleeing the country fearing an Akali backlash.
"I have never taken a decision based on fears, it is not in my nature. I have not at all worried about these things," says Amrinder. The Akalis are back in power, but if Badal's statement was anything to go by, Punjab will not see politics of vendetta. But then, Amrinder says he has nothing to fear and will stay right here.
The SAD-BJP alliance stormed back to power winning 67 seats routing the Congress, which bagged 44 seats in the 117-member State Assembly. While SAD has won 48 seats, BJP has got 19 seats. The remaining five seats went to the Independents. Polling for the Beas assembly constituency has been deferred to March 11 following poll-related violence.
In a day of hectic parleys between the two alliance partners, the BJP is said to have staked claimed for the post of deputy chief minister in the new government.
BJP leadership sources said that the claim to this post and other ministerial berth had been made to the Akali leadership in view of the BJP's good showing in the assembly elections.
# posted by uv : 11:54 PM
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